2014 February 22

So, today will mark the 2014 running of the Daytona 500. Here’s the starting grid, and a brief outlook for each of the 43 drivers competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season opener: 1. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet. Rookie and big media story, but a simple top-10 will more than suffice as a…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The late Dale Earnhardt wrote the book on driving the No. 3. Austin Dillon begins writing the sequel in Sunday’s 56th Daytona 500. For 13 years, NASCAR fans vigorously debated the merits of the No. 3. Loyal Earnhardt fans felt his memory and legacy would best be remembered by never racing…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A year ago, Regan Smith and Brad Keselowski were running 1-2, heading to the checkered flag in the season-opening Nationwide Series race. With the finish line only a few hundred feet away, Keselowski accidentally turned Smith’s car into the outside retaining wall, triggering a massive wreck that injured more than two…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – One of the most impressive streaks of consistency in NASCAR history will remain intact in Sunday’s 56th Daytona 500. Glen Wood, patriarch of the legendary Wood Brothers race team along with younger brother Leonard, will be in attendance for the race. There had been concern that Wood’s 55-year streak of his…

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Over a third of the field for Sunday’s Daytona 500 decided to forego Saturday’s final practice for the Great American Race. Only 27 cars took to Daytona International Speedway for the 1 ½ hour session. Kurt Busch was the fastest driver, turning in a top speed of 197.624 mph, one of…

The final day of the first of two four-day tests for Formula One at the Bahrain International Circuit is in the books. Here’s a quick round-up of more notes and quotes from the teams: Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, pace-setter on Saturday and overall, said the team doesn’t know yet where it stacks up in performance. But…

There was a bit more to draw from the four-day Bahrain test than the four-day Jerez test earlier this winter. For one, you had all 11 teams in Bahrain, and this test would ideally provide an opportunity for teams to sort out the initial niggles and move onto further race simulations and pit stop practice.…

Running was more limited on the fourth and final day of Formula One’s first test in Bahrain, and second of the winter. Still, in the laps that were completed, Nico Rosberg rounded out a week-long sweep of the fastest times by Mercedes-powered cars, after Nico Hulkenberg, Kevin Magnussen and Rosberg’s teammate Lewis Hamilton had led…

Williams has doubled its quota of Brazilians named Felipe, with overnight news emerging ahead of the final day of testing in Bahrain. The legendary team confirmed the signing of Felipe Nasr as its official reserve and test driver behind race drivers Felipe Massa (his countryman) and Valtteri Bottas. Nasr will be in the FW36-Mercedes for…